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The Bush administration recently sponsored National Protection from Porn Week. Susie says the people who used to need protecting from porn were women. Now the focus is on children and Susie says that logic's just a bit flawed. Then, Susie responds to a recent article by Naomi Wolf called the "Porn Myth" where Wolf says the problem with porn is that it turns men off from the real thing. In her Try This at Home mailbag, Susie's been flooded with great feedback about BAE.

Best American Erotica 2004 has arrived and Susie wants to give you a copy! All you have to do is to write her and let her know what you really think about Best American Erotica 2003 on Audible. Say what you like and what you don't like - just so long as you tell her what's on your mind. Then, Susie tackles two provocative letters from listeners. The first asks which is harder to talk about: death or sex? The second is an energetic sixty year old who is looking for love in some new places.

Christian churches are coming to the rescue for some young women. But the old-fashioned advice they dole out on pornography may not be so helpful. Susie looks at a New York Times article about an evangelical group that promotes "victory" workshops against porn to end female members' addictions. They pray to be strong and not masturbate, they learn how to please their husbands instead of themselves, and they learn that their sexual habits are sinful. Banish you, evil porn! Begone! God has spoken!

Susie starts this week with a recent news article that says more and more college age men are suffering from erectile dysfunction. The reason? Too many sexually aggressive co-eds. Not so fast, says Susie. She says if you ask, these young men also say they don't masturbate. Susie says too many young people just know nothing about their sexuality and their too doped up to enjoy their sexual desire. Then, in the mailbag, Susie answers a letter from a man who's becoming a woman and tackling all the big issues.

Susie's recent visit to a Web site for Kinky Christians reminds her of a particularly interesting dinner she had last year in Tennessee. Then, are the rules for dating in video games really all that different from the "real" world? Susie wants to find out. In the mailbag, Susie offers some advice to a woman who says she and her husband are wondering if her orgasms are normal.

Susie says lots of porn-denouncing congress people are actually getting sizable campaign contributions from porn-related businesses. This week, Susie reads a list of the U.S. representatives and senators who are on the take. Then, Susie's reminded of the good old days on the Internet when she finds a new website full of youthful optimism and sex. Finally, in her mailbag, Susie gets a letter from a long time Virginia Woolf fan who is now wondering about Woolf's sexual imagery.

Susie has a follow up story about her recent radio interview about Larry Flynt. A spat has broken out between Bush-hating Flynt and Flynt-hating lefties at radio station KPFK in Los Angeles and somehow Susie is caught in the middle. Then, Susie's devoured most of Jenna Jameson's new tell-all How to Make Love Like a Porn Star and she's ready to tell you why. Finally, in the mailbag, Susie offers some tips on how to make the comfiest sex swings.

Susie kicks off this Valentine's Day with some thoughts on Evangelical minister Ted Haggard's second coming. Haggard announced this week that he's gone from gay meth party boy to 100% heterosexual in just three weeks, and Susie says it just can't, and shouldn't, be done. Then, in her Valentine's Day survival kit, Susie offers tips for couples and singles, and even something for the recently brokenhearted. Finally, in the mailbag, Susie gets a letter from a man who says intercourse isn't doing it for him.

Susie's continuing her sex survey results this week and asks the questions, "What are the first and the last things you think about sex?" Susie says her own answers to these questions have changed over time and circumstance, but just thinking about the changes is a good topic for conversation among friends and lovers. Then, in her final look back at the biggest sex stories of 2006, Susie uncovers a recent report that indicates most men and women engage in premarital sex.

Susie says while the drug companies are scrambling to offer pills, creams and sprays to fix all sort of sexual dysfunction, when it comes to premature ejaculation, she says the term itself doesn't make any sense. She says the proper question is "Premature for whom?" and it's worth thinking about some ways to reframe even that question. Then, female listeners respond to Susie's sex survey questions with some surprising answers. And, for the Try This at Home mailbag, Susie has a question for YOU!

Susie's been taking sex surveys, and the results have her thinking about what do we really mean when we say we want to get it on? Do we mean different things when we're talking about having sex with a familiar lover, a new "conquest" or by ourselves? Susie has her answers, and she wants to know yours too! Then, in her ongoing review of the year in sex, Susie looks at some of the political sex scandals of 2006 and how the Republicans ended up paying at the polls for their closeted and hypocritical sex.

It's more on Plan B and the weird (some would say nefarious) reasons why it hasn't been approved by the FDA. This time, Susie says it's the perceived threat of crazed teen sex cults and conflicts of interest that are keeping Plan B at bay. Then, Susie has a winner for The House of Ass contest and a couple of other porn recommendations too. And, in the Try This at Home mailbag, Susie offers some tips to a young woman who wants to wow her lover.

As a devout atheist, Susie loves all things Christmas related and she wants to celebrate with you by unveiling some of Audible's fantastic new recordings of her Best American Erotica. This week and next, as a special holiday treat, Susie wants to play a very hot, full-length story from these BAE editions, and she'd love, love, love to get your feedback. This week the story is "Under the House" by South African author Lynn Freed.

Susie's guest this week is Mike Males, the author of a recent Op-Ed titled "This is Your Brain on Drugs, Dad" (NYT, Jan. 3, 2007) and several books on the way society demonizes and fears teenagers. In his Op-Ed, Males says that contrary to the usual images of who abuses drugs, the real truth is that middle-aged, well-educated white people have the highest rates of drug abuse, with some of the most startling increases in the number of women in this group who are hooked on drugs.

Susie's guest this week is Esther Perel, author of the bestselling, Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic. In this fascinating interview, Esther and Susie compare notes on what type of advice works for couples that are experiencing bed death. Esther says too many people forget they have to do their part to keep sex alive within long term relationships, including respecting your partner's sex life that's independent of the relationship.

Happy New Year! While Susie will be participating in her very first wet t-shirt contest to ring in 2007, she hopes you enjoy hearing another selection from her delicious new audio versions of Best American Erotica. This week the story is by Nelson George and it's called, "It's Never Too Late in New York".

Susie celebrated the very start of 2007 by putting winning a wet T-shirt contest: her first! Then, when Susie looks back on 2006, she says one of the biggest sex stories was Britney Spears flashing herself for the world to see. Susie says the whole phenomenon is remarkable, but mostly because people don't even know, or want to know, what they're looking at. Then, in the mailbag, Susie offers some advice to a woman who worries her boyfriend will be grossed out when he goes down on her.

Susie has a question from a Dear Abby type about a husband who wonders how many men it's okay for his wife to have slept with before they married and Susie is just dying to give the honest response. Then, Susie is lusting after a new pair of special street-walking platforms that have cameras, speakers, and even GPS locators in the heels. Finally, in the mailbag, Susie is back on her own turf with a question from a mother whose 19-year-old daughter wants a boob job for her birthday.

The Bush White House's no-sex policies aren't just for high school classrooms anymore. Susie's recently learned that millions of federal dollars are being spent on promoting abstinence-only programs to single people in their 20s, and the absurdity of all is really starting to get to her. Then, Susie talks about a subject you just don't hear much about: how losing someone close to you affects your libido and sexual self. Finally, in the mailbag, Susie's holiday sex toy recommendations.

Susie's guest this week is Laura Kipnis, author of The Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability and, previously, Against Love. Laura Kipnis says women today are deeply conflicted about what it means to be female. With most advice based on helping women obtain what they "lack," Laura says women now spend inordinate amounts of time keeping themselves and their houses clean.